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FA 200 Final Review Study Guide Solutions
FA 200 Final Review Study Guide Solutions
Instrumental Benefits/Effects - ANSWER-Quantifiable, indirect effects found through empirical
evidence in studies.
Intrinsic Benefits - ANSWER-Effects inherent in/essential to arts experience that add value to
people's lives.
19th Century Arts - ANSWER...
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FA 200 Final Review Study Guide Solutions
Instrumental Benefits/Effects - ANSWER✔✔-Quantifiable, indirect effects found through empirical
evidence in studies.
Intrinsic Benefits - ANSWER✔✔-Effects inherent in/essential to arts experience that add value to
people's lives.
19th Century Arts - ANSWER✔✔-Height of art civilization in the West, used as a tool for civilizing natives
and immigrants; concern about consumption of popular culture by women and children.
1960s and 1970s - ANSWER✔✔-Public funding was intended to create a cultural sector to go with the
nation's economic & political power (American empire); non-profits have a boom, spreading from urban
centers across country; public rarely questioned the benefits of the arts or need for funding.
1990s - ANSWER✔✔-Use instrumental benefits research to encourage funding: argue that the arts
benefit society through economic growth, education, pro-social behavior, or community development;
benefits are of value and should be funded because they improve test scores and self esteem etc. To fit
public policy objectives.
Cognitive Benefits - ANSWER✔✔-Learning skills and academic performance in youth. Improved
academic performance, improved basic skills like reading, math, and creative thinking.
Attitudinal/Behavioral Benefits - ANSWER✔✔-Develop behaviors to improve school performance like self
discipline, self efficacy, interest in school "hands on participation." Develop life skills such as critical
thinking, teamwork, etc. Making social bonds, improving self image, etc.
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Health Benefits - ANSWER✔✔-Through music, art, drama, or dance therapies. Improved quality of life,
improved health, reduced stress, reduced anxiety.
Economic Benefits - ANSWER✔✔-Direct benefits from employment in the arts, tax revenue, direct arts
spending in local communities. Indirect economic benefits that result when the arts attract individuals to
location or tourism. Public good benefits such as satisfaction from knowing arts exist in community and
that we can preserve them for future generations.
Community Level Social Benefits - ANSWER✔✔-Promotion of social interaction among community
members, creating a community identity, connecting the community together, and building "social
capital" for community (network of norms of trust and reciprocity and the benefits that arise from it)
Giving people a sense of belonging and reinforcing a connection to the community through public
expression of its values and traditions. Creates community pride and prestige. Creates bridges among
social groups. Empowerment of communities to organize collective action.
Causality - ANSWER✔✔-The empirical evidence for significant cognitive benefits is lacking: studies do
not show causality between arts and cognitive benefits, there are too many other variables at play. The
studies used qualitative measures like case studies rater than statistic measures.
Problems with Research - "Fallacy of Treatment." - ANSWER✔✔-Treating all different forms of art the
same.
Fallacy of Homogeneity - ANSWER✔✔-arts will have the same effects on different types of people and in
different types of communities.
Fallacy of The Linearity of Effects - ANSWER✔✔-benefits are generated in direct proportion to the level
of arts participation.
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Most Significant Failure - ANSWER✔✔-Failure to examine the comparative advantage of the arts over
other means of achieving the same effects. Could another community project or economic investment
have the same or greater impact or benefits?.
MSU State Study on STEM Researchers and Inventors. - ANSWER✔✔-Studied children playing with
artistic toys. "If you started as a young child and continued in your adult years, you're more likely to be
an inventor as measured by the number of patents generated, businesses formed or articles published.
And that was something we were surprised to discover."
Direct Economic Benefits - ANSWER✔✔-are benefits that result from the arts as an economic activity
and thus a source of employment, tax revenues, and spending for local communities.
The arts can produce both individual and _____ benefits - ANSWER✔✔-community
All of the following are categories or types of instrumental benefits discussed except? - ANSWER✔✔-
Communicative benefits. Attitudinal, health, and cognitive are all instrumental.
Some studies have found that exposure to the arts can actually improve mental and physical health,
particularly among the elderly and those who exhibit signs of dementia. - ANSWER✔✔-True
In their final evaluation of the literature on the instrumental benefits of the arts, the authors found -
ANSWER✔✔-that the analytical methods used in all of the studies were NOT rigorous and empirically
sound
The instrumental benefits argument is based on findings from a growing body of - ANSWER✔✔-empirical
evidence on the benefits of the arts, such as proof of the economic benefits for a community.
All of the following are types of arts involvement known as art therapies except - ANSWER✔✔-Literary
Therapy. Drama, Art, and Music are all therapies.
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